Little Bird Dog and the Big Ship: Book One in the children’s series,

one of a kind piece of children’s literature today.

July 25, 2012

Biofuel consortia and environmentalists are ensuring that people will starve despite the abundance of the earth.

Famine used to be the natural result of adverse seasonal conditions; drought, plagues of insects, plant diseases, poorly managed soil. Famine is now a man-made phenomenon. Drought still parches parts of the earth every year. They’re cyclical and somewhat predictable. Locusts, weevil and fungal blights and plant viruses still hit the food crops of the world. But even with these regional disasters, the global food crop should be sufficient to feed the people of the world. Biofuel consortia and environmentalists are ensuring that people will starve despite the abundance of the earth.

Governments fail their people through bad economic policy. And for the last several years, Ethanol subsidies have encouraged farmers to turn food into a form of a fuel that almost nobody uses. The global dearth of corn started in 2008. It has worsened each year since that time, with corn commodities skyrocketing in price. And the drought of 2012 affecting large agricultural regions throughout America is turning the yellow grain into yellow gold.

A global food crisis is imminent and it’s time to prepare. There is no opting out of this one. The bad times are upon us. There is great hope that Americans will weather the storms which now lash our shores. The storms are here, and no one will emerge unchanged. But “preppers” will make it out with the least damage.

The following is a list of items and their uses that will help almost anyone in any economic situation to be prepared. I have not done per-person calculations since every family looks different and food preferences vary greatly. These are simply ideas for getting started, but the things with which you stock your own pantries will be dictated by your own tastes. Store what you Eat and Eat what you Store!

Other dry goods or pharmacy items that you expect to use a few times per year

Pantry supplies: Buy what you eat and involve your family in making your long-term storage choices. Obtain a 90-day supply of basic food and supplies for your pets. All of the following items have a shelf life of much longer than 90 days. Be sure to store them in a cool place with a stable temperature (garages are not good) away from light.

For your freezer: Properly wrapped meats and other foods will last in a freezer well over 90 days. The key to making your freezer an effective tool for home storage is to Store what you Eat, and Eat what you Store. If there is empty space in your freezer, fill the spaces with 3/4 full water bottles. Your freezer will be more efficient when it is filled with frozen items and, if your lose power for a time, the food will stay frozen longer, up to 72 hours if you leave the freezer door closed.

Cured meats such as ham, sausages, bacon, etc.

Frozen fruits and vegetables

Prepared foods such as pizzas

Butter, margarine, cream cheese, block cheese, shredded cheese

Sealed packages of pork, beef or poultry

Nuts

Breads, bagels

Candy bars

Ice cream (don’t underestimate the value of comforting treats, especially if you have children)

Bags of flour, biscuit or pancake mix (placing these items in the freezer greatly extends their shelf life and will fill up the empty space that may make your freezer less efficient)

Emergency supplies:

A basic first aid kit

Several flashlights with batteries, emergency candles or lamps, fuel, matches or lighters

If you have an outdoor grill, keep it well maintained and the fuel tank full

Sternos, a hibachi or other simple cooking devices

A battery powered or crank up radio S

Short wave “HAM” radio and trained operator within your circle of friends or church group

DON’T FORGET YOUR GUNS AND AMMO! Know how to care for them, store them, and be prepared to use them! Social chaos is often a life and death struggle and frightened, hungry people will try to get rid of you and take your stuff.

Some things are inevitable. Gas and fuel prices are skyrocketing. Food prices are on going crazy. At best, our home storage will feed us as we sacrifice other luxuries in order to afford the things we need to sustain our home economies. At worst, our lives will depend up on what we do today to prepare. These are fearful times. That fear comes from uncertainty, the dread of what could happen. That dread can be replaced with calm and resolve. All we have to do is take a few days, and plan and prepare to make our homes places of refuge. Don’t be the silly Liberal who expects someone else to provide for him during tough times. Be the visionary Conservative, whose hope lies in the bounty of his own preparations.

If your meat only lasts 90 days in freezer you may want to either fix the type of wrap or get a better freezer – none of my meat has gone bad. we are about to get 2 more sides of Angus and just bought another 20+ cubic foot freezer.
… also have plenty of ammo to defend it!

For those who wonder why so many people are getting deadly illnesses – consider looking toward corporate farming and the chemicals and hormones used – then think of one simple verse in the Bible:

Pro 23:10 – Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Wanted to share this link as well. It directly related to the reason for food prices increases. Tonight ABC did a propoganda piece that blamed climate change. Climate change has NOTHING to do with food prices today. (The whole climate change theory discussion is a seperate issue I am passionate about).

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